Pokémon Scarlet and Violet will sell 10 million copies in three days, according to Nintendo

That’s what Nintendo said on Wednesday Pokemon scarlet and violet sold more than 10 million copies within the first three days since the launch of Nintendo Switch. The games were released on November 18 and have since achieved “the highest level of software sales in the world on any Nintendo platform within the first three days”. This is despite a launch marred by a series of severe performance and graphics issues.

It was a major record release for Nintendo, surpassing a major launch Pokémon sword and Sign in 2019. The Pokémon Company’s eighth generation games sold 6 million copies worldwide during their launch weekend.

However, with record-breaking sales, The Pokémon Company also appears to be having one of its most flawed launches yet. Pokemon scarlet and violet launched with Pokemon and NPC pop-in issues, horrendous framerates, and characters and Pokemon roaming the world. Many of the bugs are actually quite amusing, but some will crash the game. On Wednesday, Digital Foundry

known for its technical analysis of games, criticized the games’ “widespread technical errors” and said they were a step behind Pokémon Legends: Arceus, the other semi-open world game The Pokémon Company, released this year. A number of players were ask for refunds in the game due to the performance issues, and many of these players said they got them.

The thing is, despite Pokemon scarlet and violet‘s editions, the games are exactly what many Pokémon fans have been looking for. The first major iteration of the mainline series games, they create an open world where Pokémon trainers can choose their own adventures through three different quest lines. In addition, players can finally go on adventures with friends scarlet and Violets multiplayer component.